Author: CLAHRC

This award will recognise an individual who has actively connected service users, clinicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals and promoted the opportunities in collaborative working to improve research and healthcare.

What the judging panel will be looking for:

1. Activity that has been designed and delivered with the input of patients and carers from as an early stage as possible

2.Attempts to involve and engage people who are less likely to be heard but have much to say for example children and young people, those with learning difficulties or sensory impairments and people from minority communities including carers

3.Reflection and a desire to improve the practice of patient and carer involvement moving it away from a tick-box exercise to a two-way learning process

This award will recognise an early career researcher, PhD student, service user researcher or Fellow. They will need to demonstrate their commitment to developing their experience and expertise in working with patients, service users, carers, families and communities in the design, delivery and evaluation of their work to ensure that their research or improvement addresses the needs and preferences of those using healthcare services.

This award is open to researchers who can demonstrate a direct connection with the London CLAHRC programmes for example through funding, supervision and mentoring or scrutiny in the CLAHRC governance structures.

Before entering, read and consider the following success criteria carefully

What the judging panel will be looking for:

1. Activity that has been designed and delivered with the input of patients and carers from as an early stage as possible

2.Attempts to involve and engage people who are less likely to be heard but have much to say for example children and young people, those with learning difficulties or sensory impairments and people from minority communities including carers

3.Reflection and a desire to improve the practice of patient and carer involvement moving it away from a tick-box exercise to a two-way learning process

This award recognises research and improvement teams who can demonstrate how they have worked with patients, services users, carers, families and communities to ensure that those on the receiving end of research and care influence the process and the end results.

This award is open to applied health research and improvement teams who can demonstrate a direct connection with the London CLAHRC programmes for example through being funded or affiliated, or subject to scrutiny in the CLAHRC governance structures.

Before entering, read and consider the following success criteria carefully

What the judging panel will be looking for:

1. Activity that has been designed and delivered with the input of patients and carers from as an early stage as possible

2. Attempts to involve and engage people who are less likely to be heard but have much to say for example children and young people, those with learning difficulties or sensory impairments and people from minority communities including carers

3. Reflection and a desire to improve the practice of patient and carer involvement moving it away from a tick-box exercise to a two-way learning process

The three London CLAHRCS are proud to present these awards, created to celebrate and promote patient and carer involvement in healthcare research and improvement. The awards honour the memory of Brian Turley, a dedicated and committed patient advocate and disability rights campaigner who sadly died unexpectedly in February 2016.

The awards honour the contribution of Brian Turley a tireless patient advocate and campaigner for disability rights

The awards aim to celebrate and promote patient and carer involvement in healthcare research and improvement – aiming to

Raise the profile of involvement

Showcase examples from practice

Promote reflection and shared learning

Discourage ‘tick box practice’

For all three awards, we welcome nominations from teams and individuals who are actively and currently involved or working with patients/carers and the wider community.

Winners will get the chance to work with artist Sandra Howgate to develop materials of their choice – a picture, flyer, poster or other graphic that represents their work